County Sheriff Bill Franklin says 34-year-old Jeremy Acre was shot once Tuesday night and was pronounced dead on the scene. Montgomery Public Safety Department officials say Acre was hired in 1999.

Franklin tells the Montgomery Advertiser (http://on.mgmadv.com/13catwC) deputies arrived around 10:55 p.m. and heard a gun being racked when they approached the door. Franklin says Acre opened the door armed with a gun and refused to drop the weapon after deputies repeatedly ordered him to do so.

Franklin says deputies used a Taser on Acre before shooting him. Franklin says Acre was able to remove one of the prongs and was still holding the gun when he threatened the deputies.